1971 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1971 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 90th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 80th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 90–72 during the season and finished second in the National League East, seven games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1971 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1971 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bing Devine
Manager(s)Red Schoendienst
Local televisionKSD-TV
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Jim Woods)
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Offseason

Regular season

The Cardinals scrapped their traditional buttoned jerseys for T-shirt style uniform tops, and would keep them until they switched back in 1992.

Third baseman Joe Torre won the MVP Award this year, batting .363, with 24 home runs and 137 RBIs. Pitcher Bob Gibson won a Gold Glove this year, and threw a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 14.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9765 0.599 — 52–28 45–37
St. Louis Cardinals 9072 0.556 7 45–36 45–36
Chicago Cubs 8379 0.512 14 44–37 39–42
New York Mets 8379 0.512 14 44–37 39–42
Montreal Expos 7190 0.441 25½ 36–44 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6795 0.414 30 34–47 33–48

Record vs. opponents
1971 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–79–99–99–97–57–58–44–811–77–116–6
Chicago 7–5—6–65–78–48–1011–711–76–129–33–99–9
Cincinnati 9–96–6—5–137–117–58–45–75–710–89–98–4
Houston 9–97–513–5—8–104–85–78–44–810–89–92–10
Los Angeles 9–94–811–710–8—8–45–77–54–813–512–66–6
Montreal 5–710–85–78–44–8—9–96–127–116–57–54–14
New York 5–77–114–87–57–59–9—13–510–87–54–810–8
Philadelphia 4-87–112–103–95–76–105–13—6–124–86–67–11
Pittsburgh 8–412–67–58–48–411–78–1012–6—9–33–911–7
San Diego 7–113–98–108–105–135–65–78–43–9—5–134–8
San Francisco 11–79–39–99–96–125–78–46–69–313–5—5–7
St. Louis 6–69–94–810–26–614–48–1011–77–118–47–5—

Game log
1971 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (90–72)[3]
April: (13–11)
May: (19–6)
June: (8–21)
July: (18–11)
August: (18–11)
September: (14–12)

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1971 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CTed Simmons133510155.304777
1BJoe Hague12938086.2261654
2BTed Sizemore135478126.264342
SSDal Maxvill14235680.225024
3BJoe Torre161634230.36324137
LFLou Brock157640200.313761
CFJosé Cruz8329280.274927
RFJosé Cardenal8930173.243748

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Matty Alou149609192.315774
Julián Javier9025967.259328
Luis Meléndez8817339.225011
Jim Beauchamp7716238.235216
Jerry McNertney5612837.289422
Ted Kubiak327218.250110
Bob Burda657121.296112
Dick Schofield346013.21716
Leron Lee25285.17912
Bob Stinson17194.21101
Milt Ramírez4113.27300
Jorge Roque3103.30001

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Carlton37273.12093.56172
Bob Gibson31245.216133.04185
Reggie Cleveland3422212124.01148
Jerry Reuss3621114144.78131

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chris Zachary2389.23105.3248
Al Santorini1949.2023.8121
Mike Torrez936126.008
Daryl Patterson1326.2014.3911
Santiago Guzmán210000.0013

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Moe Drabowski516183.4349
Frank Linzy504362.1224
Don Shaw457222.6519
Chuck Taylor433133.5346
Stan Williams103001.428
Rudy Arroyo90105.405
George Brunet70105.794
Bob Reynolds400010.294
Harry Parker40007.202
Fred Norman400012.274
Dennis Higgins31003.866
Al Hrabosky10000.002
Bob Chlupsa10009.001
Mike Jackson10000.000

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tulsa Oilers American Association Warren Spahn and Gary Geiger
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Jack Krol
A Modesto Reds California League Roy Majtyka
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Joe Cunningham
A Cedar Rapids Cardinals Midwest League Bobby Dews
Rookie GCL Cardinals Gulf Coast League Tom Burgess

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Arkansas[10]

References
  1. Dick Allen page at Baseball Reference
  2. Jerry McNertney page at Baseball Reference
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1971-schedule-scores.shtml
  4. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1971&t=SLN
  5. Keith Hernandez page at Baseball Reference
  6. Al Santorini page at Baseball-Reference
  7. Mike Torrez page at Baseball Reference
  8. Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
  9. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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